3D printing 8000 faces fixed 1.5 million Norman expression packs (take away)

"Afanti", "Shen Ma Ma", "Lushan Taoist", "Cao Chong", do you still remember these puppets stop animations? Those years have no special effects, no CG, no Marvel and Disney, we also Not so picky, sitting in front of the TV with a small bench, you can watch it all day!

In the era when there is no special effect, these cartoons are formed by swaying one by one and then continuously, so each frame is composed of a real-built scene and a three-dimensional figure, watching the stop motion animation, like in Watch a long and lively show of life.

Some people say that animation effects are so developed now, why are people still doing stop motion animation?

Because the material texture and texture unique to stop motion animation can't be completely simulated by computer 3D animation, the audience who saw Zombie Bride should have a deep understanding. The bride's thin, light-winged veil, the texture of the groom's dress and the character's three-dimensional The outlines are not possible with animation effects.

As a result, many films began to combine 3D animation effects with traditional stop motion animation to create a collection of high-quality modern stop motion animations, which are very suitable for children to watch, and the philosophies and wisdom in the film also attract adults.

"Ghost Mother"

Box Monster

"Shaun the Sheep"

"Psychic Boy Norman"

"Psychic Boy Norman" is the first film to make a character's face using a 3D printer. The main character of Norman's 8,800 different expression faces is printed in 3D, and Norman has changed 1.5 million different independent expressions.

The crew also set up nearly 60 miniature studios for framing, some of which were also done in 3D printing. This rapid prototyping technology saved the crew a lot of time.

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